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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add the new `go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrgen` package to provide auto-generated source code  instrumentation. (#3068)
+
 ## [1.12.0/0.37.0/0.6.0]
 
 ### Added
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 * @jmacd @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole @MadVikingGod @pellared @hanyuancheung @dmathieu
 
 CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @MadVikingGod
+
+instrgen/                                  @open-telemetry/go-approvers @MrAlias @pdelewski
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+# OpenTelemetry Go Source Automatic Instrumentation
+
+This package provides a code generation utility that instruments existing source code with [OpenTelemetry].
+
+## Project Status
+
+:construction: This package is currently work in progress.
+
+### Compatibility
+
+The `instrgen` utility is based on the Go standard library and is platform agnostic.
+
+[OpenTelemetry]: https://opentelemetry.io/